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Read UVA’s assessment of how Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) could be produced in Virginia!** This work was funded by VTRC and DOAV. It formed the basis for Curtis Davis’ MS thesis. Congratulations to all co-authors! Full link to paper is below: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666052024000098 69

CEE Professors Jim Lambert and Lisa Colosi Peterson, together with leadership from the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Logistic Systems (CCALS), were pleased to host Dr. Prem Lobo, Energy Division Director for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in March 2024. Dr. Lobo came to learn about the work of a UVA-led coalition working on assessment of… Continue reading UVA-LED COALITION HOSTS FAA ENERGY DIRECTOR

Nafisa (LCA Lab) and Nafiseh (Shafiee-Jood Lab) combined efforts to present a poster at the CEE Graduate Research Symposium in February 2024. The goal of their work is to understand WHERE (which counties) and at WHAT scale (tonnes/year) various carbon dioxide removal (CDR) platforms could be implemented in Virginia based on cost, resource availability, and… Continue reading N&N WIN 1st PLACE AT CEE GRAD RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

A new academic year has begun! Excitingly, we have several new graduate students plus several returning friends! And we’re busier than ever on a research front – our lab has secured three new grants in the last few months. New projects include two awards from the Department of Energy – one pertaining to decarbonizing styrene… Continue reading NEW YEAR, NEW FACES, NEW PROJECTS!

This year’s Microbe of the Day (MOTD) presentations did not disappoint! Students enrolled in CE 4160 and CE 6260, Introduction to Environmental Microbiology & Biological Waste Treatment, presented to the class about microbes of their own choosing that have some relevance to food, energy, water, health, or other environmental impacts. This year’s collection of microbes… Continue reading MOTD 2023

The US Department of Education has awarded a third (!) prestigious graduate traineeship to CE/ESE at UVA. The Graduate Assistantships in Areas of National Need (GAANN) program seems to diversify and train the next-generation of higher-education instructions. The program will once again focus on teaching and research related to smart, resilient, and sustainable infrastructure – with a… Continue reading SEEKING GAANN FELLOWS

Curtis represented our research group at the CEE Graduate Research Symposium late last month, presenting a poster about his ongoing research related to production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Virginia. His work was selected as “People’s Choice Winner”, based on voting by event attendees. As in the past, this event coincided with recruitment visits… Continue reading CURTIS WINS PEOPLE’S CHOICE